Zouaves: The Civil War in Four Minutes
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- Join Historian James Taub as he discusses the role of Zouaves in the American Civil War. Watch now to discover where Zouaves originally hailed from, where they fought, and why their uniforms were so unique.
This video is part of the American Battlefield Trust's In4 video series, which presents short videos on basic Civil War topics.
Learn More about Zouave soldiers: www.battlefields.org/learn/ar...
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My great grandfather was in the 5th NY zouaves regiment known as the Duryee's Zouaves. I am researching my family history and found this to be amazing news.
Mug 2 great grandfather's were also there. wow, to find one rlse!
Had family serving under sherman. Can't remember off hand the specifics vis a vis regiment # n whatnot. Sadly he wasn't part of a zouaves regiment. They proved we can beat abhorrent ideas AND look great doing it. Hands down the coolest military uniform ever.
Prreciate your ancestors service.
I've always wondered what Zouaves were and what those uniforms were all about. Thank you for this.
"...the french army was the elite army of the 19th century..." In the portuguese language, the sniper are known as franco-atirador (francoatirador) for elite shooter while the literal translation would mean french-shooter. It solves a long lasting question that I had since I was a kid: Why do we have "french" for "elite"?
In the 1860s there were also Papal Zouaves who defended the Pope against Victor Emmanuel's unification of Italy. They were recruited from all over, including more than 100 Canadians and 14 Americans.
Great job Mr. Taub. I don't think a more brief explanation of what zouaves were can be given.
Beautiful. Romantic. Outstanding presentation!
this is great loves the style of the zouaves thanks for uploading
Awesome - thanks so much for this. My great grandfather x3 was the Chaplain for the 62nd NY Volunteers, Anderson's Zouaves
Very well done. Thanks for the info on this unit and its history.
I remember reading about Zouaves, but I never quite understood their popularity. Thanks for clarifying.
If you would like another video on zouaves, check out mine: th-cam.com/video/JlxYiwWlYYU/w-d-xo.html
Very informative.
You guys should do a video about the 1st and 2nd U.S Sharpshooters
Studying the louisiana 1st zouaves I was always off put by the title of light infantry. seems like they get mentioned a lot when a bayonet charge goes down
That was a great tutorial!
Good report, young man...
THANKS THANKS THANKS!!
Zouaves is a tribe from Algeria ...the real name is zouawawa....french use them to help them to occupy Algeria ....they always put them in the front lines .
They also use them against Russian , also in Asia.
Bob England it's a tribes Union and as someone from these area I can confirm that what you said is accurate , just to add some information , Algeria did not exist at that time it was north Africa occupied by ottoman empire and the zouaves were not happy paying bills to the ottoman every time so they made a deal somehow with the french army you came in I will help you get your lands i get my land everyone is happy but things of course went wrong with time ...
They were from that tribe when they served the Ottomans before the French invasion,
During the invasion they were mixed with Arabs, Berbers, actual Zouaoua and anybody willing to serve the French and by the time of the Crimean war they were mainly European, local Algerian were transferred to other units like the Tirailleurs
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no lol, in the early 1830's they were mstly amazigh but at the end of the 1830's and after the 1840 decret they were all french soldiers in the zouaves regiments.
It's hard for people to think that the French army was one of the best in the world? Uh? For non-European people that don't study European History maybe..
Daniele Troilo They were Algerians not French ! zouves = zwawa = kabylian
Daniele Troilo They were Algerians not French ! zouves = zwawa = kabylian
Yes, the were originally Algerians from Algeria but, later on, the uniform, name, skirmishing style of deployment and fighting style were adopted by the French (and not only French) army. BTW, my comment was more aimed at the fact that in this tutorial the speaker said: "It's hard for people to think that the French army was one of the best in the world" which is hilarious.
Daniele Troilo Yes I agree
Daniele Troilo I am algerian from kabylia and i lives in France I knew what's French army !!
19th century army uniform is super drippy, no joke.
This maybe a silly question, but were there brigades made up of just Zouaves regiments, or were they mixed in with normal infantry regiments?
Los regimientos de Zuavos eran unidades de élite, que operaban prácticamente en forma independiente, soldados sumamente crueles especialistas en la lucha como guerrilla cuerpo a cuerpo con cuchillo y sable, eran tan independientes que se les permitían usos y costumbres como usar pieles de Leon y leopardo sobre la chaqueta y mochila del uniforme, pieles que hablan de su valor, porque el leopardo era cazado y muerto a mano solo con el cuchillo, y utilizaban el cabello generalmente rubio en trensas que les llegaba a la mitad de la espalda y confiaban en su fuerza y valor al grado de traer las medallas sobre la chaqueta de combate seguros de que nadie se las arrebataría. Pero el Ejército Mexicano regular los destrozó literalmente en el cerro de las cruces en Puebla al ser combatidos por el batallón Oaxaca al mando del general Porfirio Diaz Mori el 5 de mayo de 1862
Thank you for sharing this (and all the videos in this series). I'd really like to see more videos about the uniforms. I'd like to hear about how they dealt with the heat of the mid-Atlantic region while wearing (wool?) coats and pants. I'd have to either pass out or ditch the coat in the heat and humidity of Gettysburg in July. I've never been able to understand how they dealt with that.
FloydofOz it was easier for them as they had not air conditioning. So they were used to the heat
Wool absorbs sweat very well.
@Ma Ma Well, that naturally comes with the business of war.
Read the book "Henry and Clara" by Thomas Mallon. Wondered what "Zouaves" were- great video to explain.
The top of those red pants made a great aim point.
Hence why the French suffered so badly early in WW1.
Because it was so hard to find a target in line warfare, amirite.
Badasses
First time I can remember hearing about this.
That is very interesting. I know the name from the 1863 Zouave musket. They were contracted out by Remington.It appears that the Zouave 1863 muskets were not used in the Civil War. 12,000+ were made and put in storage until after the war. There is no documentation on them being used in the Civil War. They would be calles the Harper Ferry Patterson rifle. Do you have any idea why those rifles would be called Zouave?
I know this is a two year old comment, but it is believed that was marketing stunt to make the rifle appear more "fancy" and "elite", hope this helps!
I was under the impression that due to supply chains being what they were and attrition that the Zouave uniforms were in the direction of being phased out as the standard Union infantry uniforms were being mass produced and issued. I also thought that despite the loss of the uniforms the style of fighting continued. ( Zouave units unusual style of combat did probably contribute to a higher survival rate then other civil war units )
There were about 70 regiments of union zouave soldiers. There were about 25 companies of confederate zouave soldiers. That's the difference between tens upon thousands upon tens of thousands and perhaps a thousand or two. The Zouave uniform is a union uniform.
I can't think of anything I'd less like to do on a civil war battlefield then stick out. I'd rather not turn myself into target practice.
Well, didn't matter, they generally lined up in battle line formation anyways... they all stuck out like a soar thumb.
Actually, maybe beneficial. Was many times in the civil war due to basic uniforms being nearly identical and smoke on the field, it was often that friendly fire took place, was difficult in distinguishing friend from foe.
And sometimes they would think a friendly line was advancing when it was the enemy.
Not the same type of warfare of the WWI and beyond.
And there were hidden unit sharp shooters in this time period like the Austrian air riflemen. Such units were considered dishonorable and would not be taken for prisoner, if captured they were hung.
Not the same type of warfare.
On the otherhand, being easily spot and identifly mean your friend won't shoot you in the confusion and smoke of the black powder.
It's during the days of line warfare dude. No one aside from maybe the odd skirmisher is even trying to hide. The point is to route the enemy, not to just kill em all. The goal is to break their morale until they route.
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes but the zouaves were skirmishers
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes It was outdated tactics for that time though. That line infantry nonsense only works with muskets, but with rifles, it's just a bad idea.
I only saw Zouaves depicted in one civil war film… I thought to myself- what the heck is that?
It doesn't look weird to me I've always liked that uniform style, but then again I'm also fond of the Serapis Flag 🤪😁🤗
Union 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I wonder if the baggy zouave trousers were also more comfortable? I dunno
In summer temperatures, i can see them working better.
I want a Zouave .58 cal. black powder rifle.
BTW compare Zouave with suave 😉
Flashy lol yea right look like Santa hats
Actually, the Zouave corps predates the French colonial war of conquest which started in 1830. It was a military corps in charge of the protection of head Algerian state, the Dey, who was in fear of his army's misbehavior. They were about 3000 soldiers recruited from a Berber tribe or clan named Zwawa in the Djurdjura mountains east of Algiers. When the French invaded Algeria in 1830 - for not wanting to pay the enormous debt owed to the Algerian government - and following the battle of Staoueli on the 5th July of 1830, Algiers fell into French hands. Subsequently, the French army incorporated the Zouave corps into their military infrastructure. Because of their knowledge of the land, the Zouave will lead all French military assaults against Algerian cities and other targets and their compatriots who were resisting French aggression led mainly by the Emir Abdelkader for 17 years. For this reason their name lives in INFAMY and it is today a synonym for TREASON. A Zouave is synonym of traitor in Algeria.
but why would they be considered traitors since algeria didn't evn exist at that time?
@@danemon8423 Algergia did exist at this time under the name Regency of Algeria. The Regency of Algeria lasted from 1516 to 1830.
@@annemadison7258 it was the regency of alger not algeria , that's not the same.
@@danemon8423 It was also referred to as Ottoman Algeria in Europe
@@annemadison7258 and?You realize that beside the regency of alger it was many different tribes divided
My email has been zoaves10 for Rhode Island since 1996!!
the zouaves was an algerian militia on the ottoman empire after the frensh occupation they keep this militia
The zouave as the elite force have been know during the 2nd French empire, and the zouave was made only from European and jew from North Africa, and Algeria wasn't existing at this Era
no, lol, in the early stage it was composed of berberes but after 1840 it was only composed of french
That voice
If I die I shall die well dressed
Rico…. Zuave…
American-French Boxer-Gypsies??
That doesn't explain what they actually do in battle though. Are they more than just people with fancy pants?
They probably functioned as light infantry
And then Prussia regains it's dominance in 1870
yep thanks to their brand new modern artillery and conscription system.
The ZUAVOS are the special forces or green beret of the French army, in times when a tall men was about 165cms, to be accepted in the ZUAVO agrupation, must have a minimum height of 180cms, this man fight and learn the cruelty of the psicological war in Sudan, Egypt, Argel and are extraordinary to create terror on the enemy's, the error was put them in the army of the union into formal lines of batteries, their function wasn't that the guerilla was their speciality. The real distinction uniform was the mameluco trousers of red drill and white polaines, they use leopard and lion real leathers over the shoulders, and their medals in the chest of the uniform, use the hair regularly blonde in braids, as a symbol of being a not regular troops and an another reminiscing of their Arabic/African origins, and a symbol of belong to this elite forces the lion and leopard leather are obtained killing the animal...by hand. Experts in the knife and sable combat hand to hand, fearless, and repeat absolutely cruelty. But...the Mexican army at the command of General Porfirio Diaz, with the Oaxaca batallón, defeat them in Puebla in the battle of 5 of may 1862. In that battle they learn nobody can defeat the Mexican army at the command of a brave not corrupt General like Porfirio Diaz and Ignacio Zaragoza. After that battle the ZUAVO agrupation never be the same again, their commander begging general Zaragoza his intervention to recover the medals of the death ZUAVO, but the Mexican soldiers refuse too return it because are the consecutive action of won the battle and a compensation of the way in that the ZUAVO was raped and killed many, many innocent victims. The final inform of the battle said: "...THE ARMS OF THE MEXICO ARMS WAS COVERED TODAY WITH GLORY" with that battle the French army began their final defeat and at the end return to France completely destroyed
The Confederates were more camouflaged in the gray.
There were zouave units on both sides.
I love these Battlefield Trust videos. They are exceptional. But I am puzzled why 99 % of them are presented by white males. Wasn’t 10% of the union army black? And weren’t women involved and impacted in a multitude of ways?
Are americans still grateful ?
The zouave are berber algerian East of algeria place call kabyle they been fighting with French army against algerian from 1830 most of theme are not Muslim French army eus theme as a slave to fight Russian
The zouaves mercenary Algerian berber traitor help the French troopers to colonize Algeria in 1830 ...
The French wore pretty uniforms but they got stuffed by the Prussians.
Well not really, first the prussain won because they had modern artillery for the time and better conscription system meaning they could send so many soldiers at one time. And if you look closely at 1870 war you'll see that the french troops did pretty wel in combat especially elit regiments.
I dispute that the French Army was "the elite of Europe" in the 19th Century. Napoleon was finished in 1814. After that it was either the British or the Prussians. See: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
many generals including Lee tended to quote and favor French generals such as Napoleon and Lafayette. French was a part of the West Point curriculum during the time and mandatory. France would be a military power in Europe for much of the 1800s but was continually let down by incompetent leaders and internal power struggles, unlike the very directed Prussians and professional British army. It was a stumbling giant so to speak.
You said it yourself, up to 1870 France was considered the best martial power in the world before they got beaten by prussians
It's not a coincidence that most of the military vocabulary derives from French (battalion, regiment, marshal, etc)
@@cv4809 Because of Napoleon Bonaparte. His terms and tactics were taught at West Point and other Military Academies. They drooled over him like the Media drooled over Obama. His tactics, or the incorrect use of them, cost thousands of lives during the middle to late 19th Century. All it really took was the introduction of rifling into the infantryman's weapon to make about 80% of his "teachings" obsolete and dangerous.
you clearly don't know anything about this topic if oyur only reference is 1814 and the franco prussian war
The Prussian's and British had the best armies in the 19th Century. However, I think the Prussians and British would have met their match if they fought the combined armies of the United States and the Confederacy.
no lol, french army was indeed the best of this time, the prussian were second, and britain had the third best army. Brtiain army was too small an less modern than france an prussia during most of the 19th century. And in troops experience and efficacity france was clearly better than prussia becaus eof the whole colonial war than france had at this time, compared to the prussian. And in africa the prussain had tried to take french colonies but failed because of the more experienced french soldiers.
@@danemon8423 The French got their asses kicked by the Prussians in a little more than a year. Napoleon III himself was captured. The French army was garbage.
@@JMAZZ80 no it was not, they has yhe best infantry, the only problem was their artillery compared to the prussian artillery and their troops transport.
I don't think you know anything about the topic.
There's a reason why most of the armies at this time used France as a model for their army.France equiped the us army, the new japanese army most of the south american countries, the turkish, the italians , swedes, danish etc. If u look at prussian war you'll see that French soldiers were pretty good, dealing more damage to armies twice their size etc
@@danemon8423 The French we’re living on Napoleon’s past glory. Their hay-day had long since passed. First the Mexicans showed this by driving them and their puppet emperor out of Mexico and the Prussians/Germans solidified it by wiping the earth with the French in mere months in 1871.
Read a book before you try sound like you know what you’re talking about.
Actually, the only time the British fought a peer competitor between 1815 and 1914 was the Crimea war when most of the fighting was done by... the French.
A bit of a quibble. The French may have been an elite military in the 1800's, up to 1870. The Prussians put a decisive end to that.
Irony is Caucasian is the one in African zouaves regiments. not afro-american.
@@rohacha9iin40 shut up new zouave traitor .
Pls, I need more information about Cocasian zouave
Zouaves they also participated in Algerians pepole genocide during 19 centry